Bihar council polls: JD(U), NDA win 2 seats each

The ruling JD(U) won the two seats it had contested, while the BJP and its ally RLSP won one each in the polls to the four seats of the Bihar Legislative Council. The RJD and the Congress, which had contested against each other, as also the NDA candidates from the two seats of Gaya graduate and Gaya teachers, drew a blank.

The winners, including current Chairperson of Legislative Council Awdesh Narayan Singh of the BJP, met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday. Singh retained his Gaya graduate seat defeating RJD's Puneet Singh and Congress' Ajay Singh.

Sanjeev Shyam Singh of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, an ally of the BJP in the NDA, won the Gaya teachers seat defeating RJD and Congress candidates. The JD(U), which had contested two seats and fielded Virendra Narayan Yadav from Saran graduate and Sanjeev Kumar Singh from Kosi teachers, emerged victorious at both places.